# Botticelli September 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 4, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171 "2011-09-04T16:52:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/221 "2011-09-12T20:59:04Z")
Are you credited with saying “If you can’t say anything nice, come sit next to me”? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/222 "2011-09-12T21:00:19Z")
Did Jim Caviezel refuse to do a nude love scene with you, on religious grounds? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/223 "2011-09-12T21:00:45Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Are you an Assyrian monarch who started a library? > [@AppallingGael](#): > > Sorry, I missed the near simulpost. I am not Robbie Alomar and I don’t know the Assyrian, so take at least one DQ. No apologies necessary. The Assyrian is Ashurbanipal, whose library, established in Nineveh in the 7th century BC, is the main source for The Epic of Gilgamesh. DQ: Despite being on the borderline with regards to being an ‘entertainer’, are you primarily known for accomplishments in the arts? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/224 "2011-09-12T21:01:58Z")
Was Errol Flynn’s birthplace named after you? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/225 "2011-09-12T21:04:22Z")
IQ: Are you a fictional character who is one of Prince Edward Island’s most enduring tourist attractions? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/226 "2011-09-12T21:17:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did you perform two acts after James Taylor in a movie of the last 20 years? Hmm, someone from _Almost Famous_? Don’t know; ask a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/227 "2011-09-12T21:18:43Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Was Errol Flynn’s birthplace named after you? I am not Abel Tasman. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/228 "2011-09-12T21:19:47Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Are you a fictional character who is one of Prince Edward Island’s most enduring tourist attractions? I am not Anne of Green Gables. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/229 "2011-09-12T21:26:18Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > DQ: Were you involved in politics? I had more than the average person’s political involvement, but was never a candidate for public office, as far as I know. 1. Real person 2. Female 3. Not born in the 20th century 4. Entertaining is among my talents 5. Not born in Europe 6. First name starts with “A” 7. Born after 1800 8. Not an actress 9. Born in North America 10. Born after 1850 11. Not known as a politician ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/230 "2011-09-12T21:27:45Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > DQ: Despite being on the borderline with regards to being an ‘entertainer’, are you primarily known for accomplishments in the arts? I am not known for my artistic accomplishments. 1. Real person 2. Female 3. Not born in the 20th century 4. Entertaining is among my talents 5. Not born in Europe 6. First name starts with “A” 7. Born after 1800 8. Not an actress 9. Born in North America 10. Born after 1850 11. Not known as a politician 12. Not known as an artist ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/231 "2011-09-12T21:35:25Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Are you credited with saying “If you can’t say anything nice, come sit next to me”? No, I am not…Andy Rooney? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/232 "2011-09-12T21:37:34Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Did Jim Caviezel refuse to do a nude love scene with you, on religious grounds? No, I am not Amy Adams? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/233 "2011-09-12T22:07:13Z")
Jim Caviezel refused to do a bedroom scene with Ashley Judd. And it was Alice Roosevelt Longworth (Teddy’s daughter) Who said “If you can’t say anything nice about anybody, come sit next to me.” DQ1: Have you ever been a character in a movie? DQ2: Does your last name begin with a letter from N-Z? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/234 "2011-09-12T22:08:14Z")
Did you ever tour with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/235 "2011-09-12T22:14:25Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Did you ever tour with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show? I am not Annie Oakley. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/236 "2011-09-12T22:19:27Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > DQ1: Have you ever been a character in a movie? > DQ2: Does your last name begin with a letter from N-Z? I have been a character in a movie, and my very last name does not begin with N-Z. 1. Real person 2. Female 3. Not born in the 20th century 4. Entertaining is among my talents 5. Not born in Europe 6. First name starts with “A” 7. Born after 1800 8. Not an actress 9. Born in North America 10. Born after 1850 11. Not known as a politician 12. Not known as an artist 13. Have been a movie character 14. Last name begins with A-M ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/237 "2011-09-13T00:37:38Z")
IQ: Did you choose Krishna to be your charioteer? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/238 "2011-09-13T01:40:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQ: Did you perform two acts after James Taylor in a movie of the last 20 years? In the movie _Funny People_, James Taylor (yes, it’s him) plays a musical set at a big-bucks corporate retreat, followed by standup comics Seth Rogen and then Adam Sander. DQ: Alive in 1945? IQ: Were you a noted, now-deceased beauty whose name was later used by an actress who appeared in two movies of the same franchise, playing two different characters? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/239 "2011-09-13T02:10:31Z")
IQ: Did a political rival ask you “where’s your pushcart at?” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/240 "2011-09-13T02:48:28Z")
IQ; Although your married last name begins with an A-M letter, is your maiden name used to rhyme with “Shirley Temple” in a song that also invokes Mr. Factor? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171.md?page=13)